In front of a crowd of 358, Canvey dominated much of the match but in a frantic last ten minutes found themselves a man down after Conor Hubble was sent off and then took the lead before conceding an equaliser deep into injury time.

An injury hit Canvey side gave debuts to McKenzie Davidson and former Scunthorpe United youngster Patrick Virgo and dominated for long spells of the first half.

The first Canvey chance came on 12 minutes. Evans Kouassi cut in from the left and fired a shot across goal that hit the crossbar and was cleared to safety.

Moments later after a scramble in the penalty area , Kouassi turned in and fired in a low shot that Hullbridge keeper Luca Collins diverted wide with his foot.

Despite being under the cosh for much of the first half, Hullbridge could have lead when Lewis Watson got on the end of a left wing cross but Bobby Mason made a fine reaction save before pouncing on the loose ball.

On 39 minutes, Canvey thought they had taken the lead. After a corner was cleared, the ball was played back into the penalty area from the right to Evangelos Empochontsif at the far post who headed towards goal but saw his header hit the underside of the crossbar, bounce on the goal-line before being cleared to safety.

In the last moments of the first half, Matt Price appeared to be bundled over in the penalty area by Dexter Peter but the referee waved play on.

Canvey continued to dominate in the second half. Jamie Salmon was off target with a header from Conor Hubble's free kick and then Mike Finneran had the ball in the net but his effort was ruled out for offside.

Kouassi was a real danger down the left and a fine run and cross on 55 minutes picked out Virgo at the far post but he headed wide.

Some good play by Kouassi and Harrison Chatting provided a chance for Virgo but Collins was out quickly from his goal to block well.

Hullbridge though were still a threat on the counter attack. Michael Mignot's shot was blocked by Empochontsif in the penalty area and the loose ball fell to Joao Carlos who fired the loose ball over the crossbar from just inside the penalty area.

Hubble then tested Collins with a free kick as Hullbridge continued to frustrate the Canvey attack.

As the game ticked over into the final 15 minutes, the game became a frenetic end to end affair.

Finneran headed over a Hubble free kick before at the other end a great tackle by Empochontsif denied Mignot as he threatened to break clear.

The game exploded into life on 83 minutes. Hubble's free kick from the edge of the penalty area crashed off of the post and from the loose ball, Hullbridge broke down the left through Joao Carlos. After initially being denied the ball broke loose and a goal bound effort was blocked on the line via Hubble's hand. The referee had no choice but to send off the Canvey midfielder for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.

Former Canvey loanee striker Charlie Cole stepped up but Mason guessed the right way and kept his penalty out.

The save proved crucial as moments later, Canvey broke through Price. His pass found Chatting who showed a great touch to escape Sam Brogan and poke the ball past Collins to spark wild celebrations amongst the Canvey support.

It seemed like that was the winning goal for Canvey. Substitute Callum Fitzer broke into the penalty area and appeared to be fouled by Collins but the referee again turned down any protests.

Deep into injury time, Hullbridge won a corner. The right wing kick was blocked at the near post by substitute Darnell Shakes but the referee judged that he did this with his hand.

The referee awarded another penalty and this time Carlos stepped up to fire the kick home.

There was little time for Canvey to react to this and they had to settle for a draw from a game that they will feel they should have won.